1)

(a)The Tana Kama rules that if, after a man says 'Hiskabel Get Zeh le'Ishti!' (See Tos. Yom-Tov) or 'Holech Get Zeh 'le'Ishti!', and hands it to him, he wants to retract - he may.

(b)But if it was the woman who said 'Hiskabel li Giti!' (See Tos. Yom-Tov). and then wants to retract - she cannot.

(c)The reason for ...

1. ... the former ruling is - because a Get is detrimental to a woman, and one cannot cause a loss to someone else without his/her consent.

2. ... the latter ruling is - because her Shali'ach is like her hand, and the moment he receives the Get, she is divorced.

(d)If, in the latter case, the husband hands over the Get to the Shali'ach stating that he does not want him to be a Shali'ach le'Kabalah, only le'Holachah - then he can retract (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

2)

(a)Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says that even if the woman appoints the Shali'ach using the words 'Tul li Giti!', and then wants to retract - she cannot do so ...

(b)... becaus that too, is a Lashon of Kabalah.

(c)The Halachah is - like Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel.

3)

(a)A woman who appoints a Shali'ach le'Kabalah requires - two pairs of witnesses.

(b)If one of the pairs attests that the woman appointed the Shali'ach, the second pair attests - that the Shali'ach received the Get and tore it up (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)The Shali'ach needs to tear up the Get - because the Mishnah is speaking during the period of Sh'mad (forced conversions), where owning a Get was dangerous (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(d)It is acceptable for ...

1. ... the same pair of witnesses who give both testimonies (See Tos. Yom-Tov), or for ...

2. ... Reuven and Shimon to testify on the appointment, and Shimon and Levi that the Shali'ach received the Get and tore it up.

4)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, both a betrothed Na'arah and her father have the right to accept her Get. Despite the fact that it was her father who betrothed her, she can accept her Get - because a Na'arah has a 'Yad' (the power to acquire in her own right).

(b)Rebbi Yehudah confines the right to accept her Get to her father - because 'Two hands cannot both have the right to acquire'.

(c)Based on the Pasuk in Ki Seitzei "ve'Shilchah mi'Beiso" - the Mishnah says that - a woman who is unable to look after her Get (See Tos. Yom-Tov) cannot be divorced ...

(d)... even if her father agrees to look after the Get on her behalf.

5)

(a)The Mishnah rules that if a Ketanah appoints a Shali'ach le'Kabalah to receive her Get - the Get is not valid until it reaches her hands (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(b)Consequently - her husband is able to retract until it does.

(c)The reason behind this ruling is - the fact that a Katan/Ketanah does not have the authority to appoint a Shali'ach (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(d)That being the case, the husband cannot retract - there where it was the girl's father who appointed the Shali'ach.

6)

(a)If a man instructs the Shali'ach to hand over a Get to his wife in a certain place and he hands it over somewhere else - it is Pasul ...

(b)... because we assume that his stipulation is based on the fact that, for some reason, he does not mind people talking about his wife in the one town, but that he wants to avoid in the other.

(c)Whereas if he tells the Shali'ach that he will find her in such-and-such a place and the Shali'ach then hands it over somewhere else - the Get is valid, because the wording implies that he is merely informing him where he will find her.

7)

(a)The Tana Kama issues the same ruling, but in a case where it is the woman who instructs the Shali'ach to receive the Get on her behalf in a specific place ... . Rebbi Eliezer declares the Get valid - because in his opinion, unlike the husband, who divorces of his own freewill, the wife, who must accept the Get even against her will, does not really care where the divorce takes place.

(b)If she instructed the Shali'ach to bring her the Get from a specific location and he brings it to her from some place else - then the Get is Kasher even according to the Tana Kama.

(c)The Halachah is - like the Tana Kama (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

8)

(a)The Mishnah rules that the wife of a Kohen who instructs a Shali'ach ...

1. ... to fetch her Get and bring it to her - may continue to eat Terumah until it reaches her hands.

2. ... to receive her Get on her behalf - is forbidden to eat Terumah immediately (See Tos.Yom-Tov).

(b)In the latter case, but where she adds 'be'Makom P'loni', according to the Tana Kama, she is forbidden to eat Terumah from the moment the Shali'ach arrives in the specified location - because that is when she becomes divorced (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)Rebbi Eliezer holds that the prohibition takes effect immediately (See Tos. Yom-Tov) - because, as we just learned, he holds that the woman is not particular, and the Get is valid wherever the Shali'ach finds the husband.

9)

(a)If a man declares 'Kisvu Get le'Ishti!', he needs to add - 'u'Senu lah', before one carries out his request.

(b)The Mishnah rules that if he says ...

1. ... simply 'Girshuhah!' or ...

2. ... Kisvu Igeres u'Senu lah!' - one may carry out his request.

(c)One should not however write the Get if he says ...

1. ... 'Pitruhah!' - since that may well mean 'Free her from some of her debts!', or ...

2. ... 'Parnesuhah!' - which may mean 'Sustain her!'

(d)The Tana adds to the latter list, where the husband says 'Asu lah ke'Nimus!' or 'ka'Ra'uy!', both of which could mean - 'Provide her with food and clothes according to the law!'

10)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses a man who is being taken out 'be'Kolar' - (he has been sentenced to death by the government, who is being led in chains to have on the way to having the sentence carried out) and who declares 'Kisvu Get le'Ishti!'.

(b)The Chachamim initially ruled that - if he declares 'Kisvu Get le'Ishti', one carries out their request ...

(c)... even if he did not conclude 'u'Senu lah!' ...

(d)... because it is clear that this is what he intended, only due to his terrified state, he forgot to mention it.

11)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, they subsequently added to the list 'ha'Mefaresh ve'ha'Yotzei be'Shayara' - someone who goes overseas or who sets out on a long caravan journey.

(b)Rebbi Shimon Shezuri adds - someone who is very ill (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)... and that is the Halachah.

12)

(a)The Mishnah rules that if ...

1. ... a man who has been cast into a pit cries out that whoever hears his voice should 'write his wife a Get!' - whoever hears him (See Tos. Yom-Tov) should comply.

2. ... a healthy man issues the same declaration - and they comply, he can 'laugh at his wife' (i.e. the Get is not valid) ...

(b)... because there is no excuse for his having omitted 'u'Senu lah!'

13)

(a)The Tana tells the story of a healthy man who made the above declaration before climbing up to the roof of his house - and falling off.

(b)They must have written the Get before he fell off - due to the principle 'Ein Get le'Achar Misah'.

(c)The Gemara points out that, prior to the story - 'If the end supports the beginning, the Get is valid' must be added to the Mishnah.

(d)Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel therefore ruled there - that if he jumped off the roof, the Get is valid (See Tos. Yom-Tov), but not if he was blown off by the wind.

14)

(a)Rebbi Meir rules that if a man says ...

1. ... to two people 'T'nu Get le'Ishti!' or ...

2. ... to three people 'Kisvu u'Tenu Get le'Ishti!' - they are personally obligated to write the Get and hand it over to his wife.

(b)In the latter case, if he says 'T'nu Get le'Ishti, they have the authority to arrange that others write and hand over the Get - because those words indicate that he appointed them to be a Beis-Din, and not just Sheluchim.

(c)When the Mishnah says that Rebbi Chanina Ish Ono issued the same (latter) ruling 'from jail', it means that - he cited Rebbi Akiva who was jailed by the Romans.

15)

(a)Rebbi Yossi informed the Shali'ach - Rebbi Chanina, whom Rebbi Akiva asked to pass on the ruling in the Beis-ha'Medrash) that he had a different tradition.

(b)He ruled that even if a man instructs the Beis-Din ha'Gadol in Yerushalayim to 'give a Get to his wife' - the latter are his Sheluchim and not a Beis-Din, in which case they must personally arrange the Get (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(c)If they are unable to do so - then they must learn how to do it (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

16)

(a)If a man instructs ten people to write a Get and give it to his wife - one of them must write the Get, and two of them must sign it.

(b)If he specifically asked 'all of them' to write it (See Tos. Yom-Tov) - then one of them writes it, and the other nine are all obligated to sign it.

(c)In the latter case, in the event that one of them dies before having signed the Get - the Get is Bateil.